September 03, 2010

Youth employment and unemployment in July 2010

Employment-population ratio, 16- to 24- year-olds, July 1948-2010, not seasonally adjusted
Year	Employment-population ratio (in percent)
Jul 1948	60.7
Jul 1949	57.6
Jul 1950	58.6
Jul 1951	61.5
Jul 1952	59.3
Jul 1953	58.6
Jul 1954	54.7
Jul 1955	57.2
Jul 1956	59.8
Jul 1957	60.0
Jul 1958	54.4
Jul 1959	56.1
Jul 1960	57.4
Jul 1961	55.2
Jul 1962	57.0
Jul 1963	55.3
Jul 1964	56.2
Jul 1965	58.6
Jul 1966	60.8
Jul 1967	61.2
Jul 1968	61.2
Jul 1969	62.2
Jul 1970	60.7
Jul 1971	59.7
Jul 1972	61.5
Jul 1973	64.0
Jul 1974	64.1
Jul 1975	61.1
Jul 1976	63.7
Jul 1977	64.7
Jul 1978	66.9
Jul 1979	67.6
Jul 1980	65.1
Jul 1981	64.8
Jul 1982	61.8
Jul 1983	63.3
Jul 1984	66.1
Jul 1985	65.9
Jul 1986	66.7
Jul 1987	67.3
Jul 1988	68.5
Jul 1989	69.2
Jul 1990	67.0
Jul 1991	63.5
Jul 1992	63.8
Jul 1993	64.6
Jul 1994	64.7
Jul 1995	64.9
Jul 1996	64.1
Jul 1997	64.6
Jul 1998	64.9
Jul 1999	65.2
Jul 2000	64.8
Jul 2001	63.3
Jul 2002	60.9
Jul 2003	58.3
Jul 2004	58.9
Jul 2005	59.3
Jul 2006	59.2
Jul 2007	58.0
Jul 2008	56.0
Jul 2009	51.4
Jul 2010	48.9 (1)
Footnotes: (1) Series low for month of July

Unemployment rate, 16- to 24- year-olds, July 1950-2010, not seasonally adjusted
Year	Unemployment rate (in percent)
Jul 1950	9.6
Jul 1960	11.2
Jul 1970	11.7
Jul 1980	14.7
Jul 1990	10.9
Jul 2000	9.6
Jul 2010	19.1 (1)
Footnotes: (1) Series high for month of July

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